These rules, WAC 284-05-010 through 284-05-070, shall be known and may be cited as the "Washington actuaries regulation."

The purpose of this regulation is to establish standards for use of the terms "actuary" or "actuarial." It is not the purpose of this regulation to require any insurer or other person subject to the insurance code to employ an actuary except as may be otherwise required by statute or other administrative rule.

This regulation shall apply to all reports, statements, and other documents filed with the insurance commissioner or issued to the public in relation to the business of insurance.

No report, statement, or document shall be filed with the insurance commissioner or issued to the public in relation to the business of insurance if it is signed by a person who is represented in the instrument to be an actuary unless the person signing as an actuary is a qualified actuary.

No person in any representation made to the public or to the insurance commissioner in respect to any matter subject to this regulation shall use the word "actuary" or "actuarial" to indicate a degree of professional competence unless such representation was prepared or approved by a qualified actuary.

For the purpose of this regulation, a "qualified actuary" is an individual who in each particular case or assignment is acting within the scope of his or her training, experience and qualifications and:

(1) Is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries; or

(2) Has otherwise demonstrated his or her actuarial competence to the satisfaction of the insurance commissioner, or to the satisfaction of the insurance regulatory official of the domiciliary state of an insurer in the case of any actuarial certification required in connection with an annual statement filed by such insurer.